Broncos ILB Brandon Marshall has lost roughly six pounds and hopes to lose five more.

Marshall is hoping to be lighter, quicker and to "move more efficiently." Headed into his age-29 campaign, Marshall bounced back from his injury-shortened 2016 last season but was not as effective as usual. For the first time, he earned negative marks from Pro Football Focus. Marshall was still on the field for nearly every snap, registering 106 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble.

Contradicting his public statement, Terrance Williams told police that Kendall Wright, whom Williams played with at Baylor, was the driver for his weekend car accident, and that Williams was not in the car.

Williams' initial comments to police basically contradicted everything he ended up saying in his public statement on Sunday. Whatever happened, Wright does not currently appear to be in any sort of trouble with the law. Williams is facing charges of public intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident. His entire story can be found at the link below.

The deal includes a fifth-year team option for 2022. In three years at Washington, Vea tallied 15 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks. Vea draws Haloti Ngata comparisons for his gargantuan size and powerful bull rush, but his get off is much less explosive, and Vea played only 62% of UW's 2017 defensive snaps. Still, Vea’s tape shows light feet for a big man, position flexibility, and an ability to create space for linebackers behind him to run free.

Although eligible to participate, the suspended running back is skipping voluntary OTAs. He's unhappy with his contract situation. He's heading into the final year of his deal. Ingram's ban and Alvin Kamara's emergence have made a summer extension extremely unlikely for the eighth-year pro.

If you're not ahead of schedule this time of year, you're behind schedule. It's still good to hear the Saints are happy with Meredith's recovery. The ex-Bear is eight months removed from going under the knife to repair his ACL. There's a chance he's declared 100 percent ahead of training camp but it's more likely that he's brought along slowly, and perhaps held out of the preseason.

Dak Prescott said Tavon Austin will be used all over the formation with the Cowboys.

"Coaches have a great plan, whether it's getting him out of the backfield, lining him up at X, lining him up at Z, putting him in the slot," Prescott said. "He's a guy we get the ball in his hands, he'll score some points and get a bunch of yards in this offense." Earlier this month, EVP Stephen Jones said Austin is a "web back" who they want to get "a dozen to two dozen" touches per game. Consider us skeptical, but the Cowboys are shoveling as much coal into the hype train as possible.

The Times-Picayune's Josh Katzenstein writes Jonathan Williams is "among the players" who could step up with Mark Ingram suspended.

Williams was signed off the Broncos' practice squad last November, but he never cracked the active roster. With Mark Ingram suspended the first four games, he has a better shot to make the gameday roster this season, but he will need to beat out Daniel Lasco, Trey Edmunds, and rookie Boston Scott for the honor. Even if he does, Williams is unlikely to see much work behind Alvin Kamara.